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After a disheartening visit to Alberta's tar sands and some much-needed rest, Terry Dance-Bennink reflects on what we can do now to help the people, creatures and land affected by destructive fossil fuel development.

Terry Dance-Bennink spent time with local families affected by the tarsands in Fort McKay, and learned from a local doctor the devastating health effects people here are facing. The houses are modern, but don't drink the tap water.

In her second installment of A River Pilgrimage to the Tar Sands, Terry Dance-Bennink writes about her experience on the infamous Highway 63 to Fort McMurray, her time in tar sands towns and toxic tailings ponds she saw along the way.

Is it morally right for people to hunt bears, or any animals for that matter, for sport, or should we only take what we need? Join Coastal First Nations in support of banning trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Rikki MacCuish, multimedia communications specialist for Sierra Club BC, spent a week on Galiano Island learning not just about film production, but also about how much the Gulf Islands of British Columbia rely on a healthy ocean, free of tanker traffic.

Andrew Almack, founder and director of PlasticShore, shares his story of the organization's Plastics for Change Program which offers organizations a symbol to advertise that they've used recycled plastic debris in their products.

Sierra Club BC Education Program Manager, Kieran Dowling, shares his thoughts about the unique importance of youth in the environmental movement and the launching of the new SCBC Youth Environmental Leadership Program.

While some countries struggle bravely to reduce their greenhouse gases, Canada's contribution has been dismal. Our bewildering negligence has branded us a pariah state that is undermining the world's environmental security.

Sarah Cox, interim executive director of Sierra Club BC, joins the eighth annual Paddle for the Peace and describes her experience paddling the Peace River with her daughter, reflecting on the effects of the proposed Site C dam on this important cultural and wilderness area.

Education Coordinator Meg Banavage shares her ecopsychology research on bonding and relationship-building with Pacific coastal environments. Her findings are being presented at the American Psychological Association’s annual convention in Hawai’i, July 2013.

“People do not always remember what you say, but they remember how you make them feel”. An important person in my life told me this in my childhood. These words have stuck with me as I grew older and started to develop my own identity, and remains a core metaphor for which I live my life: raising a child and being a professional environmental communicator and educator.

The Peace River is the lifeline for numerous First Nations – a critical pathway for their food security, cultural survival, and spiritual identity. The Peace River Valley is a vital point of reference for the people to connect to their ancestors and to who they are; this is where leaders and Prophets are buried, where ceremonies and gatherings are held, and where the Drummers sing their Dreamers’ songs.